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"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 06/07/2016 at 17:31 • Filed to: Lern'n

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This got me thinking, where did , “jiff/jiffy” come from? I don’t recall ever knowing the answer to that, of course I was knocked out twice in the Corps and I am almost certain I can’t remember things from my youth that other people in my family talk about and I have no recollection. Anyhooo, says here, get ready to learn Oppos:

The earliest technical usage for jiffy was defined by !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (1875–1946). He proposed a unit of time called the “jiffy” which was equal to the time it takes !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to travel one centimeter in a vacuum (approximately 33.3564 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ).It has since been redefined for different measurements depending on the field of study.

In !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a jiffy is the period of an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! power cycle,1/60 or 1/50 of a second in most !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! supplies.

In !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a jiffy was originally the time between two ticks of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It is not an absolute time interval unit, since its duration depends on the clock interrupt frequency of the particular hardware platform.

So there you go.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/07/2016 at 17:41

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Was hoping all those links were rick-rolls, was disappointed lol.

ttyymmnn > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/07/2016 at 17:41

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No, really. I'm a word guy, and etymologies fascinate me. Thanks.

Takuro Spirit > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/07/2016 at 17:46

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Oh crap, I just realized what the website giphy.com is supposed to be pronounced as. :/

MonkeePuzzle > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 06/07/2016 at 17:46

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just for you

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Out, but with a W - has found the answer > MonkeePuzzle 06/07/2016 at 17:48

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This is best Kinja.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Takuro Spirit 06/07/2016 at 17:48

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Nonsense. It’s G as in Graphics. Even the creator of the file extension is wrong.

Takuro Spirit > JRapp: now as good as new again 06/07/2016 at 17:51

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I know, I say it with a hard G sound. I just realized reading all the jiffy-ness in this here article that “giphy” is meant to pronounced like that stupid peanut butter brand’s name with a Y added to it.

As in quick.

To make a quick Gif.

Giphy.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > MonkeePuzzle 06/07/2016 at 17:52

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11/10:

JRapp: now as good as new again > Takuro Spirit 06/07/2016 at 17:54

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Svend > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/07/2016 at 19:13

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There are so many sayings (though now I’m thinking about them I can’t think of any off the top of my head) and they almost always have a great origin.

One of my favourites is ‘mothers day’. It’s actually nothing to do with mothers but churches. It comes from Mother Day and Mothering Sunday where you’d go to your church, your mother church and take gifts.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ttyymmnn 06/07/2016 at 20:37

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Yeah I was typing and I was like, why do we say that? Engrish

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > ttyymmnn 08/05/2016 at 19:49

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Then you must love the word “Fuck”.

ttyymmnn > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 08/05/2016 at 20:56

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Indeed.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allo…